Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 10°42′♉︎ Taurus 8°43′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 10°57′♑︎ Capricorn 24°53′
- Jupiter123 days♐︎ Sagittarius 24°39′♐︎ Sagittarius 14°48′
- Venus43 days♊︎ Gemini 0°12′♉︎ Taurus 13°46′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 4°31′♉︎ Taurus 25°32′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 28°38′♓︎ Pisces 25°50′
- Uranus153 days♈︎ Aries 25°11′♈︎ Aries 21°15′
- Pluto165 days♉︎ Taurus 11°39′♉︎ Taurus 9°40′
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 2°34′♈︎ Aries 25°43′
- Mars62 days♈︎ Aries 17°16′♈︎ Aries 5°45′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 9°20′♍︎ Virgo 24°50′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 25°01′♑︎ Capricorn 8°45′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 15 Jan – 5 Feb; 10 May – 3 Jun; 11 Sept – 3 Oct; 30 Dec – 19 Jan 2352
Venus retrograde: 21 Apr – 3 Jun
Mars retrograde: 2 Sept – 3 Nov
Jupiter retrograde: 11 Apr – 12 Aug
Saturn retrograde: 15 Aug – 29 Dec
Uranus retrograde: 31 Jul – 31 Dec
Neptune retrograde: 2 Jul – 7 Dec
Pluto retrograde: 10 Aug 2350 – 23 Jan; 11 Aug – 24 Jan 2352
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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